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HISTORY ~ CULTURE ~ SOIL
"The land tells the story of a country, just as the face the life of a man, and in collecting the soils of the earth, each sample comes to represent the life of its nation. But in even more detail, there is the story of the specific place where each was collected, and by whom and how. And often there's a tale in the torturous route that the soil must take to reach the artist. Here we present some of those stories, and hope to include them all in time."
 

COUNTRY
DATE SOIL COLLECTED
COMMON GROUND 191 ARTICLE
WORD for
"PEACE"
MORE INFORMATION
Afghanistan
8/19/2004
"Pashto" / "Dari" (Persian)

BBC Articles & Videos
Albania
8/12/2006
"Page"
Algeria
9/21/2003
"Salaam" / "Paix"
Andorra
5/29/09
"Pau" / "Pax" / "Paix"
Angola
7/31/2006
"Paz"
Antigua & Barbuda
5/15/2006
"Peace"
Argentina
1/04/2006
"La Paz"
Armenia
10/29/2006
"Khaghaghutiun"
Australia
12/30/2003
"Peace"
Austria
10/25/2005
"Der Friede"
Azerbaijan
1/17/2006
"Sulh" / "Mir"
Bahamas
3/3/2004
"Peace"
Bahrain
2/2/2006
"Salam"
Bangladesh
6/19/2006
"Shanti"
Barbados
6/11/2007
"Peace"
Belarus
9/9/2005
"Mir" / "Pakoj"
Belgium
3/5/2003
"Vrede" / "Paix" / "Frieden"
Belize
7/08/2006
"La Paz"
Benin
08/04/2006
"La Paix"
Bhutan
06/2008
Story to Follow
"Gzhi-bde"
Bolivia
5/25/2003
"Paz"
Bolivia II
10/2009
"Paz"
Bosnia & Herzegovina
02/09/07
"Mir" / "Spoko"
Botswana
12/25/2004
"Setswana"
Brazil
8/24/2005
"A Paz"
Brunei
10/08/2006
"Aman Scjahtcra"
Bulgaria
7/1/2005
"Mir"
Burundi
07/24/2006
"Amahoro"
Burundi II
07/12/2008
    
Burkina Faso
10/16/2006
"Lafi"
Cambodia
11/29/2006
"Khmer"
Cameroon
1/17/2007
"Banfang Mbovani"
Canada
11/23/2005
"Peace"

Cape Verde

2/2007
"Paz"
Central African Republic
11/06/2006
"Sirri"
Chad
8/07/2006
"Al-Salaam"
Chile
1/31/2004
"La Paz"
China
9/2003
"T-njo/Heping"
Colombia
7/13/2006
"La Paz"
Comoros
1/23/2008
Story to Follow
"Salaam" / "Paix"
Congo (Dem.Rep.)
10/1/2005
"Paix" / "Nye"
Congo II (Dem.Rep.)
7/18/2008
"Paix" / "Kikomoi"
    
Congo (Republic)
1/16/2007
"Kagiso" / “Paix"
Costa Rica
10/26/2005
"La Paz"
Cote d'Ivoire
5/08/2008
Story to Follow
"La Paix"
Croatia
2/12/2006
"Mir"
Croatia II
7/12/2008
    
Cuba
10/09/2007
"La Paz"
Cyprus
1/15/2006
"Irini" / "Baris"
Czech Republic
6/20/2005
"Mir"
Denmark
4/18/2005
"Fred"
Dijbouti
4/26/2008
"Paix" / "Salaam" / "Nabada"
Dominica
7/16/2007
"Peace" / "Paix"
Dominican Republic
3/17/2007
"Paz"
East Timor
7/1/09
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Ecuador
7/15/2006
"La Paz"
Egypt
9/8/2003
"Salam"
El Salvador
5/4/2006
"La Paz"
Equatorial Guinea
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"La Paz"
Eritrea
5/19/2007
"Salam"
Estonia
3/3/2006
"Rahu"
Ethiopia
3/5/2005
"Nabada"
Ethiopia II
11/08
  
Fiji
6/10/2003
"Vakacegu"
Fiji II
7/2008
Story to Follow
Finland
8/10/2006
"Rauha"
France
7/8/2003
"La Paix"
Gabon
8/31/2006
"La Paix"
Gambia (The)
3/27/2007
"Kairo" / "Jamma"
Georgia
8/27/2007
"Mir"
Germany
8/23/2005
Story to Follow
"Der Frieden"
Ghana
9/1/2004
"Goom Jiggi"
Greece
6/5/2005
"Irini"
Grenada
11/04/2007
"La Paix", "Peace"
Guatemala
1/25/2006
"La Paz"
Guinea
4/09/2007
French:  "Paix"
Susu: "Bognèsah"
Malinke: "Djusu Suma"
Pular: "Bhouttou"

Economist.com
AllAfrica.com
Guinea Bissau
06/09
"Paz"
Guyana
11/11/2006
"Peace" / "Lape" / "Ashtiurdu"
Haiti
12/04/2007
"Lape"
Haiti II
4/24/2008
"Lape"
Honduras
7/01/2006
"La Paz"
Hungary
11/18/2005
"Beke"
Iceland
2/5/2006
"Fridur" / "Rauha"
India
3/13/2004
"Shanti"
Indonesia
10/24/2003
"Damai" / "Keamanan"
Iran
7/23/2004
"Salam" / "Amniat" (Farsi)
Iraq
2/3/2005
"Salam" / "Hasiti" (Kurd)
Iraq II
01/06/09
"Salam" / "Hasiti" (Kurd)
Ireland
1/13/2006
"Siochain"
Israel
2/13/2006
"Shalom"
Italy
7/25/2003
"La Pace"
Italy II
7/11/2009
Story to Follow
"La Pace"
Jamaica
10/02/2006
"Patois"
Japan
8/9/2004
"Heiwa"
Jordan
9/01/2006
"Salam"
Jordan II
7/07/2008
Kazakhstan
2/16/2008
Story to Follow
"Mir"
Kenya
1/28/2005
"Amani"
Kenya II
7/21/2008
Kiribati
8/25/2006
"Te Rau" / "Raoi"
Economist.com
Kuwait
1/26/2005
"Salam"
Kyrgyzstan
1/26/2008
Story to Follow
"Mir"
Laos
4/30/2008
"Kwamsa" / "Santiphap"
Latvia
1/21/2006
"Miers"
Lebanon
6/23/2003
"Salam"
Lesotho
5/05/2007
"Khotso"
Liberia
9/13/2006
"Peace"
Libya
6/8/09
"Salam"
Liechtenstein
8/19/08
Story to Follow
"Der Friede"
Liechtenstein II
8/23/08
Lithuania
9/9/2005
"Taika"
Luxembourg
5/1/2005
"Friod" / "Fridden"
Madagascar
2/14/2008
Story to Follow
"Fiadanana" / "Paix"
Macedonia
12/28/2006
"Mir"
Malawi
11/20/2006
"Mtendere"
Malaysia
4/20/2007
"Aman" / "Katenteraman"
Maldives
7/09/2007
"Sulha"--
Mali
1/12/2007
"La Paix"

BBC Articles & Videos
Malta
8/12/2004
"Paci"
Marshall Islands
8/28/2007
"Ainemon"
Marshall Islands II
8/08/2008
Mauritania
9/29/2006
"Salaam"

Economist.com
USAID Microlending (pdf)
Mauritius
9/12/2005
"Peace" / "Lape"
Mexico
9/8/2003
"Paz"
Micronesia
7/24/2009
"Onpek" / "Melalilei / "Gunnammwey"
Moldova (Rep. of)
8/22/2007
"Mir"
Monaco
7/20/2008
"La Paix"
Mongolia
9/30/2006
"Enh Taiwain"
Montenegro
1/26/2007
"Mir"
Morocco
9/11/2006
"Assallam"
Mozambique
2/7/2007
"Paz"
Myanmar
3/2007
"Nyein Chan Yay"
Namibia
6/13/2004
"Vrede"
Nauru
3/2008
Story to Follow
"Low" / "Peace"
Nepal
1/28/2008
"Saanti"
Nepal II
12/10/2009
"Saanti"
Netherlands
9/13/2003
"Vrede"
New Zealand
10/16/2005
"Rongo"
Nicaragua
4/04/2007
"Paz"
Niger
10/09/2006
"Lumana" / "Paix"
Nigeria
9/14/2005
"Alaafia"
North Korea (DPR)
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Norway
6/23/2003
"Fred"
Oman
9/11/2006
"Salam"
Pakistan
8/02/2006
"Amman" / "Ashtee"
Palau
11/15/2006
"Budech"

BBC Articles & Videos
Travel Info

World War II Battle
Panama
7/30/2005
"Paz"
Papua New Guinea
10/15/2007
"Peace"
Paraguay
9/2006
"Paz"
Peru
11/17/2005
"Paz"
Philippines
6/1/2004
"Kareenan" / "Katahimakan"
Poland
6/7/2004
"Pokoj"
Portugal
4/6/2004
"A Paz"
Qatar
9/3/2005
"Salam"
Romania
2/8/2007
"La Pace"
Russia
8/1/2003
"Mir"
Rwanda
4/21/2007
"Ama Horo" / "La Paix"
Rwanda II
7/19/2008
Saint Kitts & Nevis
7/08/2007
"Peace"
St. Lucia
8/02/2007
"Peace" / "Paix"
St. Vincent & Grenadines
7/24/2007
"Peace"
Samoa
9/20/2003
"Filemu"
San Marino
7/23/2009
Story to Follow
"La Pace" / "Pace"
Sao Tome & Principe
9/02/2006
"Paz"
Saudi Arabia
1/28/2006
"Salam"
Senegal
10/18/2005
"Paix"
Serbia
8/27/2005
  
Seychelles
4/01/2007
 "Lape"

BBC Articles & Videos

Economist.com
Sierra Leone
11/01/2006
"Vrede"
Singapore
5/1/2005
"Peace" / "Keamana"
Slovakia
8/20/2005
"Pokoj"
Slovenia
12/1/2005
"Mir"
Solomon Islands
10/29/2008
Story to Follow
"Peace"
Somalia
3/2008
Story to Follow
"Nabad Da"
South Africa
5/2/2004
"Vrede"

Economist.com
South Africa II
10/2007
Story to Follow
"Vrede"

BBC Articles & Videos

LonelyPlanet.com
South Korea
4/2006
"Peoning Hwa"
Spain
9/25/2003
"La Paz"
Sri Lanka
7/09/2007
Sinhala: "Saamaya"
Tamil:
"Samaadhaanam"
Sudan
1/15/2006
"Salam"
Suriname
10/3/2004
"Vrede" / "Shanti"
Swaziland
8/22/2007
"Kuthula"
Syria
1/12/2007
"Salam"

Economist.com
Sweden
5/20/2005
"Fred"
Switzerland
11/3/2003
"Fride"
Tajikistan
3/2007
"Mir" / "Sulh"

Economist.com
Tanzania
12/31/2003
"Amani"
Tanzania II
06/26/08
"Amani"
    
Thailand
10/10/2003
"Santipap" / "Santiphap"
Thailand II
11/04/2008
Togo
9/15/2006
"Kukombuoku"
Tonga
2007
Story to Follow
"Melino"
Tonga II
8/14/2008
"Melino"
Trinidad & Tobago
11/17/2005
"Peace"
Tunisia
9/12/2006
"Paix" / "Salam"

BBC Articles & Videos
Turkey
1/1/2006
"Sulh" / "Baris"
Turkmenistan
06/16/2008
Story to Follow
"Mir" / "Parahatcylyk"
Tuvalu
5/2008
Story to Follow
"Filemu" / "Peace"
Uganda
10/23/2005
"Amani"
Uganda II
7/19/2008
Ukraine
11/25/2005
"Mir"
United Arab Emirates
8/20/2005
"Salam"
United Kingdom
9/15/2003
"Peace"
United States
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"Peace"
Uruguay
12/23/2004
"La Paz"
Uzbekistan
9/27/2006
"Tinclik"
Vanuatu
8/23/08
Story to Follow
"Pis/Paix/Peace"
Venezuela
12/26/2007
Story to Follow
"Paz"
Vietnam
1/11/2007
"Hoa-Binh"
Yemen
9/19/2006
"Salam"

Economist.com
Zambia
5/10/2004
"Runyararo" /
"Ukuthula"
Zimbabwe
4/09/2007
Zimbabwe II
5/19/2007
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